NIH-supported trials test hormonal therapy in older men with low testosterone levels
A preliminary study of testosterone therapy in older men with low levels of the hormone and clinical conditions to which low testosterone might contribute, found that restoring levels to those of healthy young men improved sexual function. Treatment...
Extremely Small Preemies May Face Bullying, Mental Health Risks
Diabetes drug may prevent recurring strokes
Illustration of an ischemic stroke, which occurs when a brain blood vessel gets blocked. The...
Diabetes drug may prevent recurring strokes
Pioglitazone, a drug used for type 2 diabetes, may prevent recurrent stroke and heart attacks in people with insulin resistance but without diabetes. The results of the Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) trial, presented at the...
Study: Getting Patients Out of Bed Soon After Stroke Is Good Medicine
More Evidence Smog May Raise Stroke Risk
Pot Smokers Susceptible to Other Addictions, Study Finds
Superbugs: curb use of today’s antibiotics, and develop new ones, urge MEPs
To fight the growing resistance of bacteria to the antibiotics, the use of existing antimicrobial drugs should be restricted, and new ones should be developed, said Environment and Public Health Committee MEPs on Wednesday. In a vote on draft plans to...
Parvus' nanotechnology treatment reprograms immune cells to reverse autoimmune disease
Parvus Therapeutics Wednesday announced the publication in Nature of a seminal paper describing the discovery and applications of a novel therapeutic approach employing nanomedicines, referred to as "Navacims"TM, to reprogram white blood cells to...
Zika: UN health agency launches global response strategy; Member States briefed on outbreak
A UN peacekeeper fumigating mosquitoes in the Bel Air neighbourhood of Haiti’s capital Port au Prince.
